What influence did the Book of Changes have on China?

1, The Book of Changes is the oldest cultural book in China and the first representative work of China traditional culture. Orthodox scholars throughout the ages praised it in many different languages. On the whole, they praised it as the "head of the group classics" and respected it very much.

2. Since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Book of Changes has been studied and narrated by Confucius, and it has also been scattered as the source of hundreds of academic thoughts. This is an undeniable fact.

The Book of Changes is a rigorous philosophical work, which can be used as divination within the scientific scope. It is only because it is profound and difficult to understand that there are many far-fetched theories.

4. The Book of Changes has a far-reaching influence on China's literature and art, which laid the theoretical foundation of China's aesthetics, and its thinking principle of taking images greatly inspired the creative methods of ancient poetry. His thinking mode of combining "meaning" with "image" gave birth to the creative method of Chinese painting, and artists often think that "Taiji drawing is the secret of painting and calligraphy".

5. The Book of Changes is a unique ideological system that integrates image number and meaning. It is creative, flexible and full of the spirit of opening up the future. Therefore, it is not only a precious heritage of China's traditional culture, but also a rare pearl in the cultural treasure house of all mankind.

6. Many propositions put forward in the Book of Changes are based on the political purpose of unifying the country, stabilizing the society and developing the economy. Many ideological principles still have certain reference significance today.